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Dec 16, 2014 - 2:30 PM
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Mister L
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I have some dear friends, who share my love for soundtracks, and we have great
meetings couple of times in a year. But then there´s relatives, parents, and those other
friends who doesn´t share my enthusiasm..... I´ll share couple of stories with you,
but i´m sure you have better ones.
When i was much younger, i was absolutely thrilled with Vangelis´ music. (And i still am)
Some of my friends came to visit me, and i had just bought Conquest Of Paradise. Then i
forced my friends to listen the whole score, while commenting how wonderful music
it was at the same time. They just stared the walls with empty eyes. This happened
couple of times, then they didn´t visit me anymore.  Well, i can only blame myself.
When Horner´s Titanic was released, one of my friends (not from those who were
traumatized) saw that in my shelf. He just couldn´t believe i was so childish to have
that kind of music, only because he hated Di Caprio so much. I tried to explain i like
the MUSIC, my hobby has nothing to do with the film, but that didn´t help..... I´ve
heard about that even after all these years constantly.
Third story: couple of years ago me and my friends were driving, we had a long trip
ahead and we had reserved some music with us to listen to. I put Conan the Barbarian
in, (Old Milan version). Pretty soon complaining started, what is this shit, lets hear
some rock´n roll! So that´s that. Maybe it was the quality of the old cd, perhaps?
My fellow collector friends on the other hand used to drive listening Goldsmiths Omen
with their car windows open, so i´m surprised anyone didn´t call the police.....
When i´m listening Goldsmith, or Elfman, my wife says she can´t stand it, too hectic....
so i use headphones to spare her from agony.
I´ve selected a way too difficult hobby.
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My friends know about this "strange hobby" of mine. I just don't talk about it with them because, after some 20 years collecting movie scores, I realized that people are either into it or they're just NOT. And, believe me, when you ARE into it, you don't really need someone to tell you that soundtrack recordings exist as commercial stand-alone CDs/records/whatever...
So, I listen to my music alone. Period. Not even my wife stands it. I'm glad for discussion boards like this, because I can discuss soundtracks without sounding like admitting to a friend that I like to eat shit for fun. Seriously, that's mostly how I feel about it when someone asks about it and then asks for some samples of what I listen to...
Sure, people do enjoy some great themes such as the usual Williams, Barry, Mancini obviously tuneful and beautiful and memorable themes... But when they get a chance to sample action music, for instance, they react the same as if I was offering them a piece of my own shit to try and see how nice it tastes.
I used to torture my brother making him go through some Planet of The Apes bizarre cues, of stuff like that!
"I can't believe you listen to steel mixing bowls! It makes no damn sense!"
Well, FUCK THEM! I love film music. I love you guys!
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douple post. Sorry.
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Dec 16, 2014 - 3:23 PM
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samlowry
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The reactions I've had have generally been more positive, because...
a) I generally hang out with people who have a certain general appreciation for art and music
b) I usually "feel" what kind of film music a person may respond to and I will choose what to play him/her based on that. Most (younger) people nowadays tend to mention movies scored by Zimmer & Co., so I know what I can play them that will not scare them away. And it usually works. I had 3 girls in their 20's in my car (work colleagues), on our way to a dinner party, so I started with Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and some Dark Knight music, which they were digging (a sound they were used to), and once they were warmed up, I switched to Twilight Zone: The Movie. One of them freaked out when she heard the Benjamin Constant theme (she got scared), but relaxed when the Goldsmith Overture played out. By the end of the car ride, I swear we all became closer and I hang out with them today more than I used to before their "initiation", which leads me to...
c) I realize that film music can be quite therapeutic and that almost everyone has the potential to react positively to it, if exposed to the kind of soundtrack that will appeal to his/her senses somehow. Hence why I could play some John Carpenter music to one friend and Nino Rota to another. Just because they fall into the film music category, they couldn't be further apart musically speaking, just like people are very different from one another.
d) It's fun and different. Since most people never listen to this, it becomes entertaining when they do, in particular when they recognize themes from movies or TV shows... it reminds them of their youth or movies they love. It's also an opportunity to break conventions. I said it once on this board, but I'll repeat it here... I once did a slow dance with a beautiful girl in my living room while listening to the Zombi 2 theme by Fabbio Frizzi. She loved it and I got laid!! So to all soundtrack bachelors here... you got some seducing fire power in your hands! Just use it wisely and don't blow yourself up in the process!!
:-)
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My wife and daughter have been around me so long, they actually seem to enjoy a lot of the film music I play, but I play all kinds of music around others, so it's not a steady diet.
My wife has always been a supporter, if not a champion herself (beyond a few things like Vangelis and Michael Brook).
But I started my daughter early on soundtrack music, and she loved listening to On Her Majesty's Secret Service and William's The Lost World theme and Buckaroo Banzai(from the Neil Norman Sci Fi volume 4). It's not what she chooses to listen to now at 16, but we were watching the extended Hobbit/Unexpected Journey over the weekend, and she started humming to the Hobbit theme and the Ring theme, so she's kinda into it.
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Dec 16, 2014 - 4:28 PM
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jenkwombat
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My family doesn't get it, but kindly puts up with it.
Acquaintances are often dumbfounded that anyone could like "background music like that". I often have to explain to them that it can be brilliant and beautiful, in some ways almost like classical music. That can sometimes turn them off even more, for reasons I don't understand. After I've told them (truthfully) that I also like everything from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Velvet Underground and Nirvana to The Ramones and The SexPistols, they usually let it slide. As if I need their permission.
People can be so judgmental. "It's our way, or the highway", I guess....
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Dec 16, 2014 - 4:51 PM
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AlexCope
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My dad was casually into film scores when I was a kid, bringing home a John Williams compilation now and then, that sort of thing, so that's how I was first exposed to film scores as stand alone listening experiences. He got more into it when I really got to collecting in high school, taking an interest in all the big names, even taking me along with the whole family to the Goldsmith Hollywood Bowl concert for my birthday back in 1999. I lived in Arkansas at the time, so that was a big trip. He'd already had an interest in orchestral music, so he was predisposed to like a lot of it anyway. Now whenever we talk about movies we've seen lately, we still talk about the music, who did it. Last one he brought up was how much he liked Beltrami's music for The Giver.
My wife has no real interest in it other than that I like it, which is fine. She likes some Morricone, Goldsmith, and Williams and admits a couple of their pieces get her a little teary-eyed but crinkles her nose at a lot of Elfman's music. She once called Goldsmith the "king of shitty movies." I still get a kick out of that one.
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